ViewScream

by Rafael Chandler

What's that on the viewscreen? ViewScream is a varp (a video-augmented role-playing game), a low-prep hybrid of story game and larp. Designed for play over video-chat programs, ViewScream produces tales of treason, murder, and horror. Four officers (Medical, Bridge, Weapons, and Engineering) find themselves aboard a damaged starship, in great peril. They're cut off from each other, and can only communicate via viewscreens throughout the ship. Will you turn on your shipmates? Will you work with them, even though some of them may be guilty of horrific crimes? What happened to the rest of the crew? How many minutes do you have before it happens to you, too? Can you escape, or will someone find your mangled corpse floating in the void? Features nine adventures, including Cancel Christmas by Jason Morningstar, Vermilion Letters by Jack Shear, and War Room by Kerra Bolton.

152 pages, Paperback

Published October 30, 2013

About the author

Rafael Chandler writes novels (The Astounding Antagonists, Hexcommunicated), video games (SOCOM 4, Rainbow Six: Lockdown), and tabletop role-playing games (ViewScream, Pandemonio). He's a metalhead, kaijuphile, gamer, and gorehound.